Discovered the SARS coronavirus in 2003; pivotal in the fight against SARS

Influenza and other emerging viruses : from pathogen evolution, mode of transmission, clinical presentation, to drug development and prevention through national and global policy formulation and evaluation

Research on metabolic diseases: identification of novel biomarkers for risk prediction and drug development in prevention and management of diabetes mellitus, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

Adjudicated by the RAE panel to have the highest relative percentage as well as the highest absolute number of world leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*) research outputs, external peer-reviewed grants and esteem measures under the Health Sciences Panel.